The Department of Home Affairs, which is in the midst of a modernisation programme, will spend almost another R1 billion on a transversal IT management programme over the next three years. This amount has become available through savings from other programmes, it notes in the Estimates of National Expenditure document released this afternoon to coincide with the annual budget speech.

The State IT Agency (SITA), which now falls under the auspices of the Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services, will invest in ICT infrastructure.
This is according to the 2015 Estimates of National Expenditure, and was revealed yesterday in documents released to supplement finance minister Nhlanhla Nene's Budget 2015 speech.
In addition to investing in unspecified ICT infrastructure ... Read More

Government is to take steps to strengthen budget controls over the medium term, Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene said on Wednesday. Tabling his maiden Budget, Speech in the National Assembly, Minister Nene said that new Treasury instructions will contain costs and additional controls on personnel budgets will be designed. In addition, procurement reforms will be rolled out, including an online tende ... Read More

Free State Premier Ace Magashule says the province’s job creation prospects are looking up, with 51 020 work opportunities created as at the end of January this year through the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP).

South Africa’s gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 4.1% in the fourth quarter of 2014, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) said on Tuesday. “Real gross domestic product at market prices increased by 4.1% quarter-on-quarter, seasonally adjusted and annualised,” said Stats SA. This growth was more than what markets had expected.

The Gauteng government has announced three interventions to change the space and structure of the economy of the province in order to address unemployment, poverty and inequality.
Speaking during the State of the Province Address on Monday, Premier David Makhura said these interventions are spatial reconfiguration, township economy revitalisation and massive infrastructure investments that the ... Read More